A summary of crime news in Newcastle, Gateshead and South Shields

Suspected bogus workers were arrested at a Tyneside buffet bar. Acting on intelligence, immigration officers raided two businesses on Tyneside, making four arrests at the Tenji Japanese Buffet in Barrack Road, Newcastle, and one at Jashn Restaurant in Whickham Bank, Gateshead.

Officers from the Home Office’s Immigration Enforcement team arrested three people at Tenji Japanese Buffet. At Jashn Restaurant, officers arrested a Bangladeshi man, 20, who is alleged to have overstayed his visa.

South Shields: Sentence for husband

A bitter husband posted pictures of his estranged wife on an adult website.

Michelle Anderson had complained that her husband Michael Anderson had been harassing her but instead of keeping away he posted the photos of her wearing a bikini online.

The 49-year-old, of Western Approach, South Shields, South Tyneside, who had been warned to stay away from his wife of 22 years by police, pleaded guilty to a charge of harassment without violence at South Tyneside Magistrates' Court. He was tagged, given a three-month community and given an indefinite restraining order.

North East: Repeat offenders

Thousands of crimes have been committed by prisoners released early from prison, ministers have said.

Official figures published by the Ministry of Justice reveal almost 2,500 crimes were committed by offenders released early from prison in the North East in just one year alone.

In the Northumbria probation service area, 1,084 offences were committed by offenders released from prison on licence in the 12 months up to June 2011.

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